The Cowboys will face the Bulldogs minus Sam Kasiano, after he pleaded guilty to a grade two dangerous contact - head/neck charge that will see him miss two matches.

The loss of Kasiano is a big blow for the home side, but he’s not the only threat within their forward pack.

“He’s a real handful for them and he gets a lot of their attack going, but there’s still plenty of other blokes to deal with in the forward pack like James Graham, David Klemmer, Tolman and on the edges they have Tony Williams and Greg Eastwood who are all threats.

“One less is probably a good thing, but we’ve still got plenty to deal with.”